Willingdon Place (Saskatoon)

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Just off of the bustle of Idylwyld is a quaint semi-circle of a dozen homes. There is no other place quite like it in Saskatoon. The houses were designed by Saskatoon architect Frank P. Martin and built in 1927-28 as Saskatoon's first cul-de-sac. Because the homes have the same designer, all have similar characteristics common to the "Arts and Crafts" movement popular in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. At the time of construction, the homes were placed on the market for $6,350 to $7,000 each.

At one time, possible expansion of the neighbouring senior citizens home threatened Willingdon Place with extinction, but thanks to the refusal of one property owner to sell, the cul-de-sac was saved.

This is also the approximate location of the farm of Robert W. Caswell, for whom the Caswell Hill neighbourhood is named.
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